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2Tim 3:6,7 Gullible Women

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Gullible Women

2Tim 3:6,7 For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

As politically incorrect as it may be to say this, women, being the "weaker vessel" (1Peter 3:7) are characteristically more gullible than man, and thus, for example are restricted from teaching men. "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner." 1Tim 2:12-14 And conversely women characteristically have a learning disability in comparison to men. Thus educational standards and statistics have been on the decline in the US in step with the increasing influence of feminism.

Eve as a precedent reflected the gullible nature of women. Paul writes, "I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ." 2Cor 11:3 And why the expression "old wives' fables" in 1Tim 4:7? Why not "old husbands' fables"? Because women are prone to such things, coming up with fables and falling for them much as young children do. Furthermore women are prone to being attracted to wicked men, much as Eve chose the devil over Adam. And the wicked men Paul is speaking of take advantage of these attributes.
 

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It says "makes captive of gullible women", not that women are gullible.

It says women must not teach or exercise authority because "the woman" (i.e., Eve) was deceived. It doesn't say that women are forbidden from teaching because women in general are more easily deceived.

It says that women may be deceived like Eve was deceived. It doesn't say women are prone to being deceived because like Eve they are women.

Women being restricted from certain roles isn't about capability. It's about purpose.


EDIT: On second thoughts... regarding "weaker vessel".

Courtesy of GotQuestions: "That women are usually physically weaker is undeniable, but the implication of the fall is that by virtue of her being deceived by Satan, women may also sometimes be weaker in other ways."

If one grants that Eve's gullibility (a character trait which existed in a pre-fallen world, oddly enough) represents women, then maybe your interpretation is correct. However, given that people differ on an individual basis -- e.g., some men are more gullible than some women -- your interpretation still seems questionable.
 
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